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Illinois Mexican War Veterans Illinois State Archives

This database indexes the names of Illinois Mexican War veterans appearing in the ninth volume of the publication, Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois (1902). In 1881 U. S. War Department clerks transcribed the Illinois rosters from their records and sent copies to the Adjutant General for publication. The 1882 Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois first included Mexican War veterans. The names of approximately 6,500 men, organized into the First through the Fourth Regiments and four independent companies, are found in the 1882 report and the 1902 republication. As the Fifth and Sixth Regiments did not see active service, the publications do not include rosters for these units.

The database was created and donated to the Illinois State Archives by Fred Delap of Kansas, Illinois. Delap, a volunteer with the Edgar County Genealogical Library, has also indexed the names of veterans of the War of 1812 and Black Hawk, Civil, and Spanish–American Wars.

Abbreviations

1LT — First Lieutenant

1SGT — First Sergeant

2LT — Second Lieutenant

2SGT — Second Sergeant

3LT — Third Lieutenant

3SGT — Third Sergeant

AACS — Acting Assistant Commissary of Subsistence

AAQM — Acting Assistant Quartermaster

AASU — Acting Assistant Surgeon

ACS — Assistant Commissary of Subsistence

ADJ — Adjutant

AQM — Assistant Quartermaster

ASUR — Assistant Surgeon

BUG — Bugler

COL — Colonel

CPL — Corporal

CPT — Captain

DRUM — Drummer

FAR — Farrier

FIFE — Fife Player

FOOT — Foot Soldier

HQ — Headquarters

INF — Infantry

LT — Lieutenant

LTC — Lieutenant Colonel

MAJ — Major

MUS — Musician

PMUS — Principal Musician

PVT — Private

QMSG — Quartermaster Sergeant

SGM — Sergeant Major

SGT — Sergeant

SURG — Surgeon

Copies

The researcher can use the regiment number and company letter or independent company name from this index to request a photocopy of the individual's entry from the published report. For each soldier, the book's entries generally include name, rank, company and regiment, places and dates of enlistment and discharge, and dated remarks concerning discharge, illness, appointment, transfer, injury and death. Unfortunately the report originates from the 1881 transcriptions which have been found to be "grossly inaccurate." The transcriptions are maintained in the Archives' record series Mexican War Records, (RS 301.008). As a matter of verification, the researcher is advised to request that the National Archives examine its indexes to Illinois veterans of this war. Their address is Washington, DC 20408. Send your request to:
Illinois State Archives
Reference Unit
Margaret Cross Norton Building
Capitol Complex
Springfield, Illinois 62756
217-782-3556
217-524-3930 (fax)Submit a Request Via the Internet